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A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal
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A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal
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Physical description 1 print : etching ; platemark 53.5 x 39 cm. Lettering Al signor Guglielmo Vyse cavaliere inglese amatore e seguace belle arti in atto di amicizia il cavaliere Gio Batta Piranesi D.D.D. Altra veduta laterale del vaso, che si vede nella Villa dell'Eccma Casa Lanti. Il monumento A. su' cui qui posa il sudetto vaso si vede in casa del sig. Collino Morison pittore, ed antiquario inglese ... Cavalier Piranesi delin. ed inc.

Note Plate to: G.B. Piranesi, Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne ed ornamenti, 1768-1778

Credits Dedicatee "Guglielmo Vyse": possibly Sir William Guise, 5th Baronet, of Elmore Court, Gloucestershire. He accompanied Edward Gibbon on their visit to Rome. His portrait was painted by Allan Ramsay in 1761 (A. Smart, Allan Ramsay, London 1999, no. 220; sold at Sotheby's, London, 2010(?))

References John Ingamells, A dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy, 1701-1800 compiled from the Brinsley Ford archive, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1997, p. 437 (William Guise), pp. 679-682 (Colin Morison, no mention of this base or of Piranesi)

Summary According to Piranesi, the bas relief on the base shows the emperor Nero surrounded by figures representing his vices and dissoluteness

Cite as Wellcome Library no. 756431i

Author, etc. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Guise, William, 1737-1783.

Subject name Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68. Morison, Colin, 1732-1810 -- Archaeological collections. Villa Lante (Rome, Italy) Topic-LCSH Vases. Place name Rome (Italy) Genre/Technique Etchings

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Keywords: Villa Lante (Rome, Italy); William Guise; Colin Morison; Giovanni Battista Piranesi; name
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